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Surface Fleet

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HMS Protector gives artist access to remote Antarctic landscapes

We’re used to stunning imagery from the Royal Navy’s icebreaker, HMS Protector, from...

19 April 2024

Topic:Fighting armsSurface Fleet

Storyline: HMS Protector

Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Tamar makes friends in Tonga

Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Tamar extended the hand of friendship to ‘the friendly...

16 April 2024

Topic:Fighting armsSurface Fleet

Storyline: HMS Tamar

Royal Navy joins Fiji to keep Pacific fish thieves at bay

Royal Navy joins Fiji to keep Pacific fish thieves at bay.

10 April 2024

Topic:Fighting armsSurface Fleet

Storyline: HMS Tamar

Royal Navy seizes £16.7m of drugs in Caribbean operation

Royal Navy warship HMS Trent seized drugs with a street value of £16.7 million in two...

05 April 2024

Topic:Fighting armsSurface Fleet

Storyline: HMS Trent

Royal Marines

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The importance of commandos in the modern era

The head of the Royal Marines has emphasised the importance of his commandos in the...

25 April 2024

Topic:Fighting armsRoyal Marines

Storyline: Royal Marines

£10m investment in snowmobiles for Royal Marines

Royal Marines will strike faster and further across the Arctic snow thanks to a £10m...

03 April 2024

Topic:Fighting armsRoyal Marines

Storyline: Arctic and Northern European Waters

Royal Marines kick off 360th year with commando style Ceremony of the Dues in London

Royal Marines powered along the River Thames to deliver a barrel of port to the Tower of...

14 March 2024

Topic:Fighting armsRoyal Marines

Storyline: Royal Marines

Royal Marines at the tip of the NATO spear on major Arctic exercise

Royal Marines attacked vital ‘enemy’ infrastructure and carried out covert...

14 March 2024

Topic:Fighting armsRoyal Marines

Storyline: Royal Marines

Submarine Service

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Royal Navy's newest submarine officially named in Barrow

The sixth of the Royal Navy’s leading-edge Astute-class hunter-killer submarines has...

23 April 2024

Topic:Fighting armsSubmarine Service

Storyline: Agememnon

Historic submarine standards shed light on proud Royal Navy tradition

This is a Jolly Roger. Not any Jolly Roger either, but for submariners the Holy Grail -...

27 March 2024

Topic:Fighting armsSubmarine Service

Storyline: Submarine Service

WW2 submarine tragedy remembered at its namesake iconic site

Britain’s most iconic ancient site was the fitting setting for an 80th anniversary...

27 March 2024

Topic:Fighting armsSubmarine Service

Storyline: Submarine Service

HMS Victorious’ £560m refit to ready her for future operations

Submarine HMS Victorious will return to the Royal Navy modernised and ready for future...

01 March 2024

Topic:Fighting armsSubmarine Service

Storyline: HMS Victorious

Royal Fleet Auxiliary

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Royal Navy ship joins international effort to build pier for aid delivery into Gaza

Royal Navy support ship RFA Cardigan Bay is sailing from Cyprus to provide support to an...

26 April 2024

Topic:Fighting armsRoyal Auxiliary Fleet

Storyline: RFA Cardigan Bay

Mine hunting support ship RFA Stirling Castle welcomed into Navy family

His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh today joined the Dedication Service of a new...

11 April 2024

Topic:Fighting armsRoyal Auxiliary Fleet

Storyline: Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Stirling exchange – RFA’s minehunting mothership begins training with experts in Scotland

The future ‘floating home of minehunting’ has begun integrating with the specialist team...

15 February 2024

Topic:Fighting armsRoyal Auxiliary Fleet

Storyline: Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Dickie represents RFA as Coronation Medals are presented to Civil Servants

The man who prepared RFA sailors for their day in the spotlight was invited to join...

18 January 2024

Topic:Fighting armsRoyal Auxiliary Fleet

Storyline: Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Fleet Air Arm

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Royal Navy attack helicopters hunt foes in Norwegian fjord exercise

The Royal Navy’s Wildcat maritime attack helicopters have demonstrated their ability to...

26 April 2024

Topic:Fighting armsFleet Air Arm

Storyline: 815 NAS

New F35-B squadron stood up in America

Royal Navy personnel are part of a new F-35B squadron which has stood up in the USA.

25 April 2024

Topic:Fighting armsFleet Air Arm

Storyline: Aircraft

Farewell to stalwarts Bob and Dave who left their mark on generations of naval aviation

It’s farewell to two absolute stalwarts of helicopter aviation in the Royal Navy this...

03 April 2024

Topic:Fighting armsFleet Air Arm

Storyline: Fleet Air Arm

From helicopters to the Himalayas – Portsmouth Navy engineers trek to Everest

Naval engineers from Portsmouth swapped helicopters for the Himalayas on a 15-day trek...

22 March 2024

Topic:Fighting armsFleet Air Arm

Storyline: 1710 NAS

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